OSDA has been formed as an autonomous society registered under Society Registration Act 1860. Following registration of OSDA of first governing council meeting of OSDA has been convened under the chairmanship of Subrato Bagchi, Chairman, OSDA. Sanjay Kumar Das Burma, Minister, SD&TE and Vice Chairman of OSDA, DC-cum-ACS, Principal Secretaries of 20 line departments were present in the meeting.
Broadly delegation of Financial Authority, Drawing & Dispersing Authority of OSDA, and constitution of a four-member Executive Committee for approval of Skill Development proposals were discussed. Besides, the road map for Skill Development & action plan for skilling 8 lakh youths under CMEGP programme in next 3 years was discussed.
Chairman, OSDA emphasized that the guiding principle of Skill Development in the state should be to create separate identity i.e. ‘Skilled in Odisha’ Brand for the youth trained in Odisha across the Globe. Minister Sri Das Burma emphasized the need to strengthen District Employment Exchanges as the Dist. Employment Officer is the nodal officer for implementation of Skill Training Programme at the district level. He also emphasized on the need for early roll out of ADB Project which will help substantially in scaling of the programme. He also outlines the need for tapping Government of India funding for undertaking Skill Training Programme in the State.
Secretary SDTE requested all the departments to submit annual action plan for Skill Training for 2017-18 and 2018-19.